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Assuming slingshot is the same as what we would call a catapult, had a school friend who was a remarkable shot with one. Saw him hit a flying pigeon, though he didn't manage to bring it down. Rabbit control was a doddle for him. Then he went into a respectable job with the Met Office.

Daughter and husband have the same requirement as the OP, in the wilder parts of Scotland. They decided years ago to buy an old VW T25 and convert it for holiday use, then when they went self-employed found it invaluable as site accommodation/office. Upgraded to a T5, which they also converted...

Having regained mobility after the apple tree incident(!) decided to try out an idea for lifting which save either using a jack or doing contortions lifting with one hand and pushing the castor wheel down with the other. This is the thing assembled, obviously still in need of tidyingn but it...

Well, the good news is I've found the catches; less good is that there isn't an exactly matching pair. If any of the ones in the pic are any use, you are welcome to them. And in passing, it horrified me to discover how much STUFF has accumulated in my various sorts drawers over the years.

Whose a stupid boy then? When the SSE website doesn't work, it says to ring there 0345 number. Yeah, and hang on for half an hour of dreadful muzak, interspersed with "We are receiving a high volume of calls........". In desperation, rang this morning and the whole process was done in two...

Hmmm. Found two of the catch plates for these, but can't so far find the other half!

Pretty sure I've got one in that pattern, but feeling like sh-you-know-what after Moderna jag yesterday, so will have a scrabble tomorrow.

Like Ollie78, pretty sure I have one or two in my "useful brass items that will come in one day" drawer.

That was my guess, johna.clements. Though would not put it past SSE to engineer a crash so that enough folk give up and then forget!

Anyone managed to use the SSE website for submitting reading in last couple of days. "We are sorry this service is not available. We are working on the problem". Not until AFTER you have spent five minutes filling in the minute detail. VERY RUDE WORDS.

This thread seems to get reignited each autumn! We have a glut of apples just for once, so my Herefordshire roots are stirring and thinking cider. Decided my big Alko chipper is probably even more unhygienic than the proper cider makers' setups, so last time I tried chopping apples prior to...

Jewellry-making daughter in the US has that machine, but with the milling/drilling attachment. Absolutely perfect for her use, as while its capacity is limited, it's incredibly versatile. One thing to watch; the older ones have a different nose thread from recent models, and accessories are a...

Got a couple of (secondhand!) shredder/chippers, an ancient Alko 2000watt electric and a generic chinese petrol one. The electric one is quite quiet and with care will cope with inch-plus diameter stuff as long as it's not got masses of side branches. These need trimming off with a billhook...

Son-in-law hired a minidigger to grub out the stumps of a dreadful 30m length of Leylandii hedge along the back of their garden, with a public path alongside. He and my daughter seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly and with me wielding the chainsaw, the job was done in less than a day...

Certainly one of the most versatile. Used to lug students around field trips in mine - saved on minibus hire. Didn't know the two-stroke origin. The only other vehicles I know of that had that facility were the Rover 75 etc of the 50s. In their case it was presumably a small attempt to...

Think Saab had abandoned them long before 2001, but my 1960s Saab estate had a freewheel device, so when you took foot off accelerator, it just sailed on blithely! Used to scare passengers, but it did mean you could flip between gears without touching the clutch. Safety? What's that?

Well done, mate. We've only manage 56 years.

Out of interest, what breed are they? People who know about these things used to suggest our wee grey one was a British Blue, but suspect she was just a complete mongrel. Interestingly, there were very few grey cats round where we lived outside Milton Keynes, but lots of them up here in...

There are basically only 3 things a cat needs. A source of heat, a lap to occupy and prevent its humans doing anything, and when they get really old, somewhere comfy to sleep near the source of heat (the basket in the background of the stove photo..

Before we got our last rescue cat, we had had a large, unbelievably stupid, ginger tom. In his later years, he got arthritis of the spine and was completely blind, so didn't jump on to things. When we got his replacement, we had forgotten cats jump; opened the lid of our carrier and she was...